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1 The Renaissance

2 An Overview “circa” c. 1300s to 1600s French for “rebirth”
Rebirth “of” what? Classical “Greco-Roman” culture Rebirth “from” what? escape from Medieval backwardness Feudalism, the Black Plague, etc. Scholasticism (medieval learning) universities focused on rhetoric, law, logic but not empirical (evidence-based) sought to reconcile church teaching with ancient philosophy did not question given knowledge (Church doctrine) blind acceptance of tradition Where did the Renaissance take root?

3 Why Northern Italy? GEOGRAPHY! Central location in the Mediterranean
Northern cities control flow of goods into Europe from Byzantines, Near East

4 Why Northern Italy?

5 Why Northern Italy? GEOGRAPHY! Central location in the Mediterranean
Northern cities control flow of goods into Europe from Byzantines, Near East Crusades sparked demand for new products (spices, silk, Muslin) Wealth flows into Northern Italy What are the major city-states? Venice Florence Milan AND two “odd” entities Papal States (secular territory controlled by the Vatican/Pope) Naples in Southern Italy which is often dominated by the Spanish

6 Why Northern Italy? GEOGRAPHY! Central location in the Mediterranean
near ancient Roman ruins sparks curiosity about classics Leon Battista Alberti studies Roman ruins and the work of Vitruvius Brunelleschi tires to recreate Roman domes (The Duomo in Florence) Fall of Constantinople (AD 1453) Greek Byzantine scholars become refugees in Italy Islamic translations from Spain (Reconquista) Petrarch “Father of Humanism” Finds previously unknown collection of Cicero’s letters (antiquity) writes Sonnets to Laura (secularism) in vernacular

7 Merchant societies Urban society
different from rural societies in rest of Europe Three city-states over 100,000 Why is this important? = dynamic attracts immigrants/foreigners exch. ideas, competition → innovation wealthy families seek power thru prestige patrons of arts (de’ Medici, Sforza, Borgia) Renaissance papacy seeks secular power through religious masterpieces Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel, Pieta banking de’ Medici (Florence) and later the Fuggers (Augsberg, Germany) double entry bookkeeping literate middle-class seeks knowledge Needed as bureaucrats and clerks Leads to the development of vernacular lit.

8 Politics of the Italian Renaissance
Officially part of Holy Roman Empire but competition between Pope and HRE power vacuum allows city-states to thrive pay condottierri to wage war military leaders for hire/mercenaries motivated by self-interest = dangerous France invades in 1494 → Italian Wars Italy becomes dominated by foreign powers France, Spain and Austria (HRE) Niccolo Machiavelli The Prince calls for manipulative brutal rule (secular) in response to French invasions “Italians aren’t like ancient Romans” fight amongst themselves often side with outsiders “civic humanism”

9 Europe at the dawn of the Renaissance

10 Holy Roman Empire (HRE)
Not Holy Not Roman Not an empire! A loose varying confed. of feudal states in Germany, Italy, the Low Countries and eastern Europe. princes elect Emperor Whom pope crowns as “defender of the faith” Only as strong as army and feudal contracts Later is renamed “HRE of the German Nation”

11 Medieval vs.Renaissance Thought
Middle Ages Renaissance HUMANISM more secular “worldy”, non-religious Baldassare Castiglione Book of the Courtier celebrate the individual humans have agency/value Pico dell Mirandola’s Oration on the Dignity of Man Greco-Roman knowledge Rediscovery of empiricism evidence-based, based on reason Challenges traditional knowledge Lorenzo Valla Donation of Constantine is a fraud! Expanded curriculum grammar, poetry, morals and history religion is the singular focus create to serve God study, interpretation and justification of Biblical texts (scholasticism)

12 Legacy of the Renaissance
celebration of the individual Short-term: Christian humanism Stresses the individual’s relationship to God Church hierarchy unneeded, questioned sparks Protestant Reformation Long-term: rise of democratic ideals Enlightenment (1700s) classical learning influences the: Age of Exploration Scientific Revolution

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